In a stark take on the remaining public housing near Halsted and Division, the New York Times says, "the Plan for Transformation, a national model in its scope and original ambition, is off schedule and in need of more money."

The Reader moves out of its longtime offices at 11 E. Illinois today, heading for the Sun-Times Building a few blocks away. The paper's staff has been blogging about the process all week.

...have cool stuff to peruse. Send five copies of your zine to the theater at 5153 N. Ashland, 60640, and bring free joy (and, of course, your unique perspective on the world) to...

Biannual publication AREA Chicago is holding a fundraiser at Danny's Tavern, 1951 W. Dickens, tonight from 10pm to 2am. It's free to get in, but 25 percent of the bar proceeds will go to AREA -- so drink up!

...Hawe; original music from Cepia, Sienna, and Detalles; and more. Released as part of the 2005 May 1st Reboot and CSS Reboot, the launch party for the new volume takes place Tuesday...

PISTIL Magazine will celebrate the release of its fifth issue, "Idol," at the Hothouse, 31 E. Balbo, with a gallery exhibit and silent auction benefiting the American Red Cross. Featured artists include...

City Newsstand, 4018 N. Cicero in Chicago, and Chicago-Main Newsstand, 380 N. Chicago in Evanston, are great resources for hard-to-find magazines and newspapers, but little did you know they also have a pretty good website. Check out their Top Tabloid Headlines of 2003 -- FEBRUARY TO BE CANCELED!

...6, 7:30 pm, 1350 N. Wells) and Quimby's (November 8, 8:00 pm, 1854 North Ave.), plus an open house at Women and Children First (November 8, 1-2 pm, 5233...

...Ave.), plus an open house at Women and Children First (November 8, 1-2 pm, 5233 N. Clark). Sponsored by Chicago NOW...

South Lakeview Neighbors is holding an aldermanic forum for the two candidates for alderman in the 32nd ward.

Location: Athenaeum Theater, 2936 North Southport AvenueDate: Tuesday, February 10Time: Doors open at 7:00, Meeting begins at 7:30, Forum begins at approximately 8:00

We ask that you submit questions in advance so we can try to merge duplicates and make sure a broad range of issues get covered. Please email your questions to info@slneighbors.org. We will not provide questions to the candidates in advance.

In late January, ONE Northside invited all candidates running for alderman in Wards 2, 32, 40, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, and 49 to complete a questionnaire. Candidates were given 10 days to complete questionnaire and were asked to keep responses to 75 words per question. Answers that exceeded 75 words were cut off.

Election Day Voting is open February 24, 2015 6am-7pm at your precinct polling location. Polling locations, sample ballots and voter registration status can be found at www.chicagoelections.com or 312-269-7976.

I am part of the redistricting as well and found that Aldertrack does an incredible job of providing the facts. http://www.aldertrack.com. It is free until February 24th and should help further educate voters.

I am part of the redistricting as well and found that Aldertrack does an incredible job of providing the facts. http://www.aldertrack.com. It is free until February 24th and should help further educate voters.

With regard to the Tribune's endorsement for the 2nd Ward, it is clear that they did not do their job investigating the backgrounds and campaign contributions of all the Aldermen, unless of course they are turning a blind eye to everything they have reported on over the years including the parking meter scandal.

This card hit my mailbox today and it reminded me of Alderman Waguespack's retort that was in the Suntimes yesterday:

...Daley had hoped to dole out cash grants — ranging from $25 to $200 — to half of Chicago’s 400,000 homeowners to ease the burden caused by a phase-out of the 7 percent cap on assessment increases. But relatively few homeowners took him up on the offer.

Waguespack said he voted against Daley’s token property tax relief for three reasons:...

This card hit my mailbox today and it reminded me of Alderman Waguespack's retort that was in the Suntimes yesterday:

...Daley had hoped to dole out cash grants — ranging from $25 to $200 — to half of Chicago’s 400,000 homeowners to ease the burden caused by a phase-out of the 7 percent cap on assessment increases. But relatively few homeowners took him up on the offer.

Waguespack said he voted against Daley’s token property tax relief for three reasons: the parking meter deal did nothing to fix Chicago’s “structural operating deficit;” the break was bankrolled by funds siphoned from the “rainy day fund” created by parking meter proceeds, and Wall Street rating agencies advised against it and dropped the city’s outlook from stable to negative.“It just shows their desperation and lack of knowledge about what the real issues are and were. They’re throwing everything but the kitchen sink at anybody who has good ideas because they’ve run out of them,” said Waguespack, who has $37,369 in cash for his Feb. 24 race against challenger Elise Doody-Jones.

“If [Chicago Forward] is basically saying I’m doing a bad thing by voting against this, what they’re really saying is they support what happened in 2009 under Daley. That is, sell off the parking meters and provide gimmicky property tax relief with the money. It was such a bad gimmick, hardly anybody took advantage of it.”

We're only 15 days from another potentially historic city election, so once again, we need to make certain our ballots are cast without fear of shenanigans. It's imperative to democracy in Chicago that citizens do their duty and be vigilant over this sacred right.

We are calling on you to watch over our polling places to keep this election fair, secure, and impartial on February 24th. If you recall the midterm elections, robo-calls were made to intimidate judges...

We're only 15 days from another potentially historic city election, so once again, we need to make certain our ballots are cast without fear of shenanigans. It's imperative to democracy in Chicago that citizens do their duty and be vigilant over this sacred right.

We are calling on you to watch over our polling places to keep this election fair, secure, and impartial on February 24th. If you recall the midterm elections, robo-calls were made to intimidate judges from opening polling places, possibly causing thousands of votes from being denied across Cook County. In a tight race, this could unfortunately change the outcome of an election. We need you to make sure voters have access and the fabric of democracy stays intact.

Learn more about being an election judge here

You can click the link above, stop by our office at 2115 N Western Ave, or give us a call at 773-413-0032 if you want to help out -- whichever is easiest for you. Thank you for your commitment, it means a lot to us.

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